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Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by Drdrdrq on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:07PM (#25705367)
> minus temperatures

Nitpick: it is difficult to take a shower with water in solid form (ice).

Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by Jap2-0 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:45PM (#25705806)
> > minus temperatures

> Nitpick: it is difficult to take a shower with water in solid form (ice).

Nitpick: having a temperature below zero does not necessarily mean that it is in a solid form; for example, it could be at a high pressure or not have a nucleus to freeze around (supercooling).

Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by hedora on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:51PM (#25706483)
I’d like to see a video of this hypothetical subzero shower stream turning to a block of ice around an unsuspecting nucleus.

Bonus points if you can scale it up to a mannequin.

Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by Izkata on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:18PM (#25709904)
Supercooled water isn't quite the same thing you're asking for - I doubt it could be done with a shower without special equipment - but here's a video of spontaneous freezing in two ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fot3m7kyLn4

The first, pounding it inside the sealed bottle, is creating some sort of disturbance to crystalize around (an "unsuspecting nucleus"), and the second is pouring it semi-shower-like.

Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by ColFrancis on Saturday January 09, 2021 @07:40PM (#25706883)
A shock would likely cause a nucleus site anyway. When people do this with water in the freezer a good knock sets it off. So when the water starts to flow I think it'd freeze in the pipes.
Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by Jap2-0 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:30AM (#25716337)
High pressure would probably be a more likely explanation for a shower. As for the feasibility... we're talking about technicalities here.

I do think it would be interesting to see it, though.

Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by soheil on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:41PM (#25705759)
Not if the water has enough salt mixed in it.